Ao Muyang had never seen a live hawksbill turtle before, after all, the number of this species has been decreasing year by year, and it has been included in the national protection red book and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

At this time, he stood on the beach and watched the hawksbill shell up close, the brilliant spring sun shining on it, like a layer of colorful gems, the hawksbill turtle occasionally dived under the water and came out, when the clear water on the shell flowed down, he felt that this was washed jade, it was really gorgeous.

"Wow, this tortoiseshell shell is like this, it's like a piece of glass. ”

Hearing his exclamation, Li Ji laughed: "Because tortoiseshell turtles have eaten sponges for a long time, and the sponges contain silica, when they digest the sponge, they can't digest the silica. ”

When it came to professional knowledge, the old professor couldn't help but make the mistake of being a good teacher, and after explaining, he added: "Oh, by the way, I would like to tell you about a hot topic in reptiology now, that is, some experts believe that hawksbill turtles did not evolve from herbivores, but from carnivores." ”

Ao Muyang asked, "Do you have any reptile academic topics on how to make a place hot?"

"There are problems that make reptiles like you get hot, but there are no turtles. ”

Hearing what the professor said, Lao Ao asked curiously: "What is the subject of making people hot? But humans are mammals, not reptiles." ”

Li Ji said slowly: "When a man goes to bed, he is not a mammal but a reptile." As for how to heat up a reptile like you, just give a bed and put a model of a female mammal on the bed. ”

Ao Muyang said with a smile: "Teacher, you have a lot of commotion after the Chinese New Year. ”

The old professor waved his hand in a low-key manner and said, "If there is anything, I will take advantage of the hot weather for a while at noon." ”

"What do you mean, because it's hot at noon?"

"No, because sooner or later, you young people are more. ”

For a while, the two were ready to race, but fortunately, a hawksbill turtle climbed up to the shore and interrupted the two, and it was estimated that the hawksbill turtle could not listen to it in the water.

The tortoiseshell seemed to have come ashore on purpose to interrupt their drag racing activities, and when the two of them stopped talking and turned to look at it, it pouted its eagle-like beak and turned back into the water.

Ao Muyang was happy: "Hey, this tortoiseshell has become a fine?"

Li Ji asked, "What do you say?"

Ao Muyang said: "I said Mr. Li, you just tease me a few words, is this always funny to tease me? I am a fish farmer, not a driver." ”

Li Ji said helplessly: "I was really teasing you before, I really didn't understand your words this time, how did it become a sperm?"

"It's just that we're joking around here, and we didn't help them solve their business, I guess this tortoiseshell is not happy, and came up to interrupt our chat. ”

Li Ji was even more helpless: "The tortoiseshell just came up to catch its breath, it was too cold on the shore, and it froze back into the sea, don't you want it to stay on the shore for a while?"

Lao Ao sneered: "Oh, misunderstanding, misunderstanding." ”

Li Ji said that there were a total of five hawksbill turtles in the reserve, which is a small group, and the hawksbill turtles usually move together in groups to deal with potential threats when they are migratory.

Although it is said that due to the unusually strong carapace of hawksbill turtles, few creatures can bite through them, so they have few natural predators. But they travel too far and occasionally come across sharks and bay crocodiles, but these guys hunt hawksbill turtles.

Ao Muyang stood on the beach and looked down, and Li Ji said: "Far away from the tortoiseshell, be careful of being bitten." ”

The hawksbill turtle's beak is like an eagle's beak, curved downward and sharp, and their cheek muscles are very powerful, able to bite crabs for meat, and can also bite some shellfish, so if they are bitten by their mouths, it is not a dream to lose a finger and become disabled.

Ao Muyang smiled: "I know, Mr. Li, but you believe in my ability, this little thing can't bite me." ”

Li Ji waved his hand and said, "I didn't tell you, I told Xiao Xu." ”

Xiao Xu, one of Li Ji's students, carries a bucket to feed the baby turtles and feed the hawksbill turtles by the way.

The hawksbill turtle eats sponges and jellyfish, and one jellyfish is thrown down, and the last two hawksbill turtles close their eyes together, and Sa Huan rushes towards the jellyfish.

This is the habitual action of hawksbill predators, they will prey on highly toxic organisms such as monk's hat jellyfish, box jellyfish, etc., these creatures will have an unconditioned reflex to sting each other after being predated, and the tortoiseshell's entire head is wrapped in scale armor, and the jellyfish's spines cannot break the defense.

However, the hawksbill turtle's eyes are not protected, so they will close their eyes when hunting, anyway, jellyfish and sponges do not move fast in the water, as long as they aim in the direction, they can sooner or later touch the food with their eyes closed.

After they had eaten a few jellyfish, Lao Ao put a few golden drops into the water.

Gold drops can enhance the vitality of hawksbill turtles, so that they can tolerate cold weather better.

On top of that, he still has to find a way to create a warm living environment for the hawksbill turtles.

The way the reserve now works is that turtles come in the fall to lay their eggs and then leave the reserve to migrate towards the equator before winter hits.

Baby turtles that hatch earlier will go to the sea and leave, and if their eggs hatch late, they will be left in the reserve, which has greenhouses for them to overwinter.

In this way, the baby turtles are not threatened by natural predators and are not very tired, and they grow up in the reserve for one year, and the next year they are a little older and migrate with the turtles.

The baby turtles' greenhouses are a bit small, the hawksbill turtles are large, and the largest carapace is a meter long, and they can't move once they get into the greenhouse, so they won't be happy to stay in it.

Ao Muyang didn't have any better ideas, so he discussed with Li Ji and Su Penghui to build a larger greenhouse, and put the greenhouse like water after taking insulation measures, so that they could enter the greenhouse slowly when they felt cold.

Li Ji came up with the idea of sending hawksbill turtles to the aquarium for recuperation, saying: "Usually we encounter rare animals that are not capable of wintering alone, and we do this and wait for the weather to be right before putting them into the sea." ”

Ao Muyang shook his head: "No, I'm afraid that when the weather warms up, these hawksbill turtles will all die, and the cause of death is unknown, and there are no dead bodies." ”

Li Ji and Su Penghui understood what he meant, so they couldn't help laughing: "You think too much, not to." ”

Ao Muyang waved his hand and said: "It's better to invest in building a big greenhouse, maybe there will be other protected animals in the winter in the future?" Anyway, I can't send them to the aquarium, not because I am selfish to keep them in the village, but I have to be responsible for their lives!"

He added: "These hawksbill turtles have come to me as the bearer of the ocean, and I can't send them away anymore." ”